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- catalog abstract ""In this revised edition Dean Falk re-examines her search on how the human brain evolved and reveals how this process continues to impact our species." "Falk evaluates the conditions and circumstances that allowed a group of apelike individuals to evolve, over a period of 5 to 7 million years, into Homo sapiens and discusses the evolution of visual skills, right-handedness, language ability, right-brain/left-brain and male/female differences - and the uniquely human ability to dance. The specifics of how we tapped, toed, and twisted through the prehistoric "brain dance" form the story line of this book." "Falk explains how the act of walking upright permitted brain size to begin increasing dramatically in our early ancestors. Her "radiator theory" demonstrates that once they developed the ability to cool cranial blood through vascular changes associated with bi-pedalism, the constraint that limited brain size disappeared. And what did 2 million years of bigger brains produce? The last chapter summarizes Falk's ideas on human cognitive and conscious capacities for the future."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Brain dance".
- catalog contributor b13325342.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""In this revised edition Dean Falk re-examines her search on how the human brain evolved and reveals how this process continues to impact our species." "Falk evaluates the conditions and circumstances that allowed a group of apelike individuals to evolve, over a period of 5 to 7 million years, into Homo sapiens and discusses the evolution of visual skills, right-handedness, language ability, right-brain/left-brain and male/female differences - and the uniquely human ability to dance. The specifics of how we tapped, toed, and twisted through the prehistoric "brain dance" form the story line of this book." "Falk explains how the act of walking upright permitted brain size to begin increasing dramatically in our early ancestors. Her "radiator theory" demonstrates that once they developed the ability to cool cranial blood through vascular changes associated with bi-pedalism, the constraint that limited brain size disappeared. And what did 2 million years of bigger brains produce? The last chapter summarizes Falk's ideas on human cognitive and conscious capacities for the future."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Foraging in the Red Cave -- Taung goes to St. Louis -- and beyond -- Chimp brain, human brain -- Of family trees, Darwin's theory, and the origins of bipedalism -- Boy brain, girl brain -- Lucy's child : mix-up at the hospital -- Cranial radiators and evolutionary cacti -- Braindance -- Brainwar.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [224]-241) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 252 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0813027381 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Gainesville : University Press of Florida,".
- catalog subject "2004 I-804".
- catalog subject "569.9 22".
- catalog subject "Australopithecines.".
- catalog subject "Biological Evolution.".
- catalog subject "Brain Evolution.".
- catalog subject "Brain.".
- catalog subject "Fossil hominids.".
- catalog subject "Fossils.".
- catalog subject "GN 283 F191b 2004".
- catalog subject "GN283 .F35 2004".
- catalog subject "Hominidae.".
- catalog subject "Human evolution.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Foraging in the Red Cave -- Taung goes to St. Louis -- and beyond -- Chimp brain, human brain -- Of family trees, Darwin's theory, and the origins of bipedalism -- Boy brain, girl brain -- Lucy's child : mix-up at the hospital -- Cranial radiators and evolutionary cacti -- Braindance -- Brainwar.".
- catalog title "Brain dance".
- catalog title "Braindance : new discoveries about human origins and brain evolution / Dean Falk.".
- catalog type "text".